# Ducks, quacking, and echos **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 5, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-quacking-and-echos/71374 "2001-07-05T17:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-quacking-and-echos/71374/1 "2001-07-05T17:42:14Z")
About five minutes ago, a co-worker just walked up and cheerfully, for no reason at all, told me that when a duck quacks, it does not make an echo. Apparently, he found this on the internet. Realizing that the internet is not the most reliable source for these tidbits of knowledge, I come to all of you. I’m doubtful of the claim, myself, but I’m also not an expert on sound. Is it true? (And yes, I realize that this site is on the internet. But it’s a step above the rest of the glurge.) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-quacking-and-echos/71374/2 "2001-07-05T17:49:02Z")
[Enlightenment](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_071.html) Just one step? Even I’m offended by that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducks-quacking-and-echos/71374/3 "2001-07-05T21:50:09Z")
Cecil covered this in a column a while back. The answer is… Of COURSE a duck’s quack echoes! Why the heck WOULDN’T it???